Cholinergic and noradrenergic modulation of perceptual decision making and learning
Dias Maile AA; Andronova E; Ball F; Aravitska D; Dannenberg LK; Schnitzler A; O'Reilly JX; Jocham G · 2026 · Preprint
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Abstract (excerpt)
Decision making often requires the integration of noisy bottom-up sensory evidence with top-down prior expectations learned from past experiences. Acetylcholine and noradrenaline have been proposed to shape these computations, yet it…
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Metadata source: Europe PMC · DOI 10.64898/2026.06.22.732890